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Adventures With the Buddha, A Buddhism Reader
• Jeffery Paine
• RELIGION
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Paine chooses nine influential 19th and 20th century western adventurers and their travels in China, Tibet, Nepal and India for this riveting tale of religion, adventure and enlightenment.
(REL12, $16.95)
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The Age of Kali, Indian Travels and Encounters
• William Dalrymple
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A journalist stationed in Delhi, Dalrymple recounts his travels and interviews over the past decade, including memorable encounters with Tamil tigers, Benazir Bhutto and Imran Khan. Humorous, insightful and well-informed.
(IDA152, $14.95)
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Along the Ganges
• Ilija Trojanow
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this colorful travelogue, Trojanow follows the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas to the cities that it feeds, using the holy river as a means to ponder Hinduism, culture, ecology and the tension between ancient and modern India.
(IDA294, $19.95)
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An Area of Darkness
• V.S. Naipaul
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A reflective, personal account of Naipaul's travels in India in 1962 -- a portrait of a time and place and searing, honest chronicle of the country during transition.
(IDA13, $14.95)
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Baumgartner's Bombay
• Anita Desai
• LITERATURE
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The tale of Hugo Baumgartner, a Jewish businessman who flees to India to escape persecution.
(IDA245, $13.00)
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Beneath a Marble Sky, A Love Story
• John Shors
• LITERATURE
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Built to mourn the tragic death of the emperor's wife, the Taj Mahal is at the center of this murderous, fantastical and dazzling tale, told from the point of view of daughter Princess Jaharana. Shors conjures life in 18th-century Hindustan and its royalty.
(IDA301, $14.00)
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The Book of Indian Birds
• Salim Ali
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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The 12th editon of this classic field guide to the birds of the plains, foothills, wetlands, and seacoast of the Indian subcontinent, published in India and authored by one of its pre-eminent ornithologists. Organized by bird family, each species is illustrated in color.
(IDA45, $34.50)
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Born Into Brothels
• Zana Briski
• Children of Calcutta
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A companion to the award-winning documentary of the same name, this charming book displays the beautiful photography of eight children growing up in Calcutta's red light district.
(IDA269, $35.00)
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Brahma's Pushkar, Ancient Indian Pilgrimage
• Aman Nath
• Rajan Kapoor
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The myth, history, ancient rites and legdens surrounding Puhkar, its pilgrims, traders, and visitors are documented in nearly 500 color photographs and illuminating text.
(IDA304, $55.00)
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The Child and the State in India
• Myron Weiner
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A thought-provoking no-nonsense evaluation of education and child labor in India.
(IDA40, $27.95)
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Come with Me to India, On a Wondrous Voyage through Time
• Sudha Koul
• HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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An informal -- and brief -- survey of Indian cultural history, written with the author's very American(ized) daughters in mind.
(IDA47, $15.50)
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Conflict Unending
• Sumit Ganguly
• HISTORY
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An in-depth study of the turbulent relationship between India and Pakistan since independence in 1947, with a focus on Kashmir.
(IDA223, $27.00)
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The Dancing Girl
• Hasan Shah
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The realistically rendered tale of love for a dancing girl who entertained the British Army in colonial India, originally written in 1790.
(IDA61, $9.95)
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Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India
• Diana L. Eck
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A fascinating and rigorous guide to deciphering Hindu symbolism, this book will help you understand and appreciate religious art in India. Despite its scholarly paraphernalia and language, the book is extremely useful for the traveler.
(IDA75, $22.00)
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Daughter of the Ganges, The Story of One Girl's Adoption and her Return Journey to India
• Asha Miro
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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(IDA299, $24.00)
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Dharma's Daughters: Contemporary Indian Women and Hindu Culture
• Sara Mitter
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An insightful, many-layered social history of women in the author's adoptive India.
(IDA38, $22.95)
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Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras
• Diana L. Eck
• RELIGION
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With its wide geographic and spiritual scope, and combination of the personal and scholarly, this book is a fascinating introduction to religion, and the author.
(IDA78, $20.00)
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An End to Suffering, The Buddha in the World
• Pankaj Mishra
• RELIGION
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A personal and informative exploration of the life of Buddha and the history of Buddhism.
(IDA242, $15.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
• Anuradha Chaturvedi
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs featuring 900 color photographs, maps and site plans.
(IDA151, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Guide India
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handsome, beautifully illustrated guide to India. It features color photographs, history and plenty of background information.
(IDA265, $30.00)
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Footprint Goa Handbook
• Annie Dare
• GUIDEBOOK
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A sturdy guide in the practical Footprint series with background information on the history and culture of Goa.
(IDA266, $19.95)
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Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk
• Susan T. Hitchcock
• John Esposito
• Desmond Tutu
• Mpho Tutu
• RELIGION
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A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred.
(REL05, $24.00)
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A Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
• Tim Inskipp
• FIELD GUIDE
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Beautiful, comprehensive and up-to-date, this is the definitive field guide to birds from Bhutan to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. It covers 1300 species, and weighs 5 pounds. With 150 color plates and a detailed map for each species.
(FG31, $132.00)
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Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress
• Jan Morris
• HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A wonderful portrait of early (pre-1897) British colonial rule in India, Central Asia, Africa and elsewhere. Morris weaves historical accounts, character studies, and much imagination into this readable, compelling tale.
(IDA20, $26.00)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson in India
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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(IDA295, $29.95)
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Hinduism, A Very Short Introduction
• Kim Knott
• RELIGION
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An introduction to the beliefs and practice of Hinduism, and a consideration of its influence in India and around the world.
(IDA329, $11.95)
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India Map
• ITMB
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The most detailed shaded relief map (at a scale of 1:2,100,000) of India available.
(IDA18, $10.95)
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India, Emerging Power
• Stephen Philip Cohen
• HISTORY
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A critical assessment of India as a world power by a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Cohen looks especially at the relations between India and Pakistan and China, as well as the United States.
(IDA263, $22.95)
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Indian Art, A Concise History
• Roy C. Craven
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This convenient volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a crisp, illustrated overview of the range of Indian art over the centuries.
(IDA16, $18.95)
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Indian Balm, Travels Amongst Fakirs And Fire Warriors
• Paul Hyland
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Hylands perceptive, witty account of travels along the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh.
(IDA287, $14.95)
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Indian Embers
• Lady Rosamund Lawrence
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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First published in 1949, this travelogue is a classic account of a journey through India.
(IDA54, $22.95)
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Indian Subcontinent Map
• Nelles
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A map of all of India as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and parts of Tibet, China and Burma, at a scale of 1:4,500,000.
(IDA271, $10.95)
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The Inheritance of Loss
• Kiran Desai
• LITERATURE
• NEW
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Kiran Desai's luminous family saga, a tale of East and West, shifts between life in a once grand household in northern India and that of the cook's son, struggling to get by in immigrant New York. Desai illuminates the aspirations, delusions and reality of both worlds.
(IDA303, $14.00)
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Insight Guide India
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated overview of India, with essays on its attractions, history, nature and culture. Includes introductions to the major temples, forts and wildlife sites, and plenty of color photos and maps.
(IDA19, $23.95)
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Interpreter of Maladies
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• LITERATURE
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In these nine stories, Lahiri captures the experience of first-generation Indian-Americans as their marriages shift and fall apart, and their families are threatened by miscarriages, infidelity, and the trials of assimilation. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
(IDA243, $13.95)
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An Introduction to Hinduism
• Gavin D. Flood
• RELIGION
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A comprehensive overview of the Hinduism, from the basic principles and tenets of the religion to modern variations and controversies.
(IDA315, $25.99)
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Jewel in the Crown
• Paul Scott
• LITERATURE
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The first book in Scott's addictive Raj Quartet, set in British India in 1942, is a rousing, psychologically complex tale of English colonial rule.
(IDA66, $20.00)
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Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women's Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope
• Jael Silliman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly yet sentimental account of the longstanding female Jewish community in Calcutta.
(IDA244, $19.95)
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Kim
• Rudyard Kipling
• LITERATURE
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For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama.
(IDA65, $7.00)
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Lonely Planet Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook
• Richard Somers Delacy
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy phrasebook for Hindi and Urdu basics.
(IDA82, $8.99)
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Lonely Planet India
• Tony Wheeler
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to India geared for independent travelers.
(IDA44, $29.99)
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Maharanis, A Family Saga of Four Queens
• Lucy Moore
• HISTORY
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Moore captures the passion, complexities and power of four influential women in this family saga covering the history of India from 1911 to Independence.
(IDA309, $16.00)
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Mahatma Gandhi and his Apostles
• Ved Mehta
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vivid examination of the life and work of Gandhi by novelist Ved Mehta.
(IDA21, $25.00)
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Malgudi Days
• R. K. Narayan
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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Wonderful tales about a fictional South Indian town by a beloved Indian writer. Malgudi is a composite of Narayan's two hometowns, Mysore and Madras, populated by quirky characters whose unique approaches to tradition and modernity are the stuff of great short stories.
(IDA59, $14.00)
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Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh
• David Fraser
• Barbara Fraser
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations.
(ASA46, $60.00)
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Maximum City, Bombay Lost and Found
• Suketu Mehta
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The tale of the author who, after a 21-year sojourn in New York, returns to his native Bombay, "the biggest, fastest, richest city in India."
(IDA252, $16.95)
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Mirrorwork, 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997
• Salman Rushdie
• Elizabeth West
• ANTHOLOGY
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A selection of twentieth-century Indian prose, both fiction and non-fiction, compiled by Salman Rushdie and featuring work by Jawaharlal Nehru, R.K. Narayan, Satyajit Ray, Amit Chaudhuri, and Vikram Seth. Published in celebration of 50 years of independence.
(IDA293, $17.00)
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Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art
• Partha Mitter
• HISTORY
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Mitter presents a fascinating history of Indian art and a parallel history of its fascinated European spectators, ranging from the early days of Asian exploration up through the twentieth century.
(IDA285, $27.00)
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The Namesake
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• LITERATURE
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An intricate and beautifully told tale, Lahiri follows the Ganguli family as they leave Calcutta and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now a feature film, directed by Mira Nair.
(IDA292, $14.00)
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A Passage to India
• E.M. Forster
• LITERATURE
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Forster's enduring masterpiece of the clash between Indian and British culture gives gripping insights into British imperial attitudes and Indian colonial responses.
(IDA26, $14.00)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal
• B. Grewal
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal.
(IDA46, $15.95)
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Princely Rajasthan, Rajput Places and Mansions
• George Michell
• Antonio Martinelli
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This handsomely illustrated book, with text by architect and historian George Mitchell, showcases royal palaces, palace hotels, museums and mansions throughout Rajasthan, nicely balancing interior and exterior views.
(IDA251, $65.00)
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Raj, The Making and Unmaking of British India
• Lawrence James
• HISTORY
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An anecdotal, engrossing mostly military history of the East India Company.
(IDA87, $23.95)
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The Ramayana, A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
• R. K. Narayan
• LITERATURE
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Novelist Narayan's translation of the ancient Hindu epic of heroism, love and fate.
(IDA311, $13.00)
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A River Sutra
• Gita Mehta
• LITERATURE
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A civil servant moves to the banks of India's holy Narmada river.
(IDA43, $14.95)
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The Root and the Flower
• L.H. Myers
• Penelope Fitzgerald
• LITERATURE
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A trilogy of historical novels about India in the time of the Mughals -- first published separately in the 1930s and now back in print as a single volume.
(IDA191, $16.95)
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Rough Guide India
• David Abram
• GUIDEBOOK
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Geared to the independent traveler, this Rough Guide combines an opinionated survey of culture and history with good information on sightseeing, food and accommodations.
(IDA86, $26.99)
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Say It in Hindi
• Veena T. Oldenburg
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A pocket phrasebook.
(IDA81, $5.95)
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A Silence of Splendor
• Indu Sundaresan
• LITERATURE
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(IDA300, $25.00)
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South Asia
• Sumit Ganguly
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
(IDA308, $18.00)
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South Asia
• Sumit Ganguly
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
(IDA308, $18.00)
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A Suitable Boy
• Vikram Seth
• LITERATURE
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A modern classic set in Calcutta, Delhi and other northern India cities after Independence, bursting with history, character, and politics. In this outstanding epic novel, Seth displays his cultural sensitivity, historical insight, and poetic creativity.
(IDA27, $21.95)
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Through the Tiger's Eyes, A Chronicle of India's Wildlife
• Stanley Breeden
• Belinda Wright
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This handsomely illustrated book chronicles India's noblest endangered species and the ever-present threat of their extinction.
(IDA272, $24.95)
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Train to Pakistan, A Novel
• Khushwant Singh
• LITERATURE
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This novel, set during the violence following the 1947 creation of Pakistan by the British, follows the inhabitants of a fictional Punjab village.
(IDA264, $14.00)
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War at the Top of the World, The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet
• Eric Margolis
• HISTORY
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An overview of geography, religion and politics of the High Himalayas, and its strategic value to Pakistan, India and China. Updated throughout in this second edition, with a new chapter on the Taliban.
(PKN09, $25.95)
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The Wisdom of the Buddha
• Jean Boisselier
• RELIGION
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A pocket-size primer of Buddhism, this book is an illustrated history of the sixth-century Indian prince and his quest for enlightenment. With 207 illustrations, 160 in full color.
(IDA55, $12.95)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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The Wonder House
• Justine Hardy
• LITERATURE
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(IDA302, $24.00)
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